Re: [cobalt-users] Bad Update Patches from Cobalt - Whats Cobalt gonna

[Markus Buchanan <mbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We have switched to Dell PowerApp Web servers also.

on 2/12/00 5:39 AM, David at david_dean@xxxxxxx wrote:

>> Well, we now have had to RMA a total of 3 Cobalt RaQ3's.
>> This latest one is our last one. We have decided to move
>> away from the Cobalt platform and on to something with better
>> support and that is easier to troubleshoot. We have ordered
>> several Dell PowerApp.web machines. I think they will be lacking
>> in the nice interface that the RaQ's have, but the Cobalt interface >doesn't
> do us much good when the box wont' even boot!
>> 
>> So long Cobalt. Best of luck with Sun.
>> 
> 
> We've also followed suite... I took delivery of my last RaQ3 just this very
> week - but no more 'em - if Cobalt can't do better than this, I'm not banking
> my company and finances on Cobalt.
> 
> We need 2-3 more boxes up and running before the end of Dec., but I think
> we're going to try both the IO Appliance and the Dell PowerApp.Web.
> 
> IO Appliance - http://www.iopliance.com/index.shtml
> 
> Dell PowerApp -
> http://www.dell.com/us/en/ipd/products/series_pwrap_servers.htm
> 
> I'm very comfortable with Dell's support and performance, I've bought from
> them before... and I think it'll be a much more superior product that the
> RaQ3/4 line... it's definitely more versatile. You might also be a bit
> surprise how just how easy to use their web GUI's are as well... Cobalt isn't
> all that... and they've sunk lately to even less than null, so you have
> nothing to lose...
> 
> Understand that user's like us are not part of the Cobalt equation (actually
> we are - they actually *DO* expect to lose us as customers). But it's the ATT
> folks (and the like) that pump Cobalt's blood - not small users buying
> 1-5-20-50 machines a year...
> 
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> -David
> 
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